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by George Rohrbacher, Member, NORML board of directors; medical cannabis patient[Editor's Note: This essay was originally published on March 1st, 2009. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's deconstruction and the fall of Communism being recognized around the world this week,...
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The Schedule I federal classification of cannabis — which states that, by law, the marijuana plant and its natural compounds have “no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States” — has long since passed the point of farcical. Nevertheless, defenders of...
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The American Medical Association on Tuesday issued a cautious but historically significant call to change America's marijuana prohibition laws, urging a "review" of the drug's status as a Schedule I drug.
Riding on the wave of President Obama’s memo to end DEA interference in states’ medical marijuana laws and an unprecedented response from the media, Oregon NORML’s Cannabis Café opens at 4:20pm on November 13, 2009 at 700 NE Dekum St, Portland, OR 97211.“The response has been overwhelming,” says ...
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Say what you will about prohibitionists — and I say plenty — but, if nothing else, they are consistent. Regardless of the circumstances, they stick to their talking points — no matter how instantly refutable their claims may be.Case in point. CBS News online today ran part one ...
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Pro MMA fighter and NORML supporter Toby ‘Tigerheart’ Grear has challenged the California State Athletic Commission on their prohibition of medical cannabis use by sanctioned competitors.Toby spoke at this year’s national conference on a panel that examined cannabis use among pr...
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NORML #NORML TIME Magazine wins 2009 Worst Pot Pun Headline Award for "Dude, Where's My Trauma? Marijuana Could Treat PTSD" http://bit.ly/fS3rQ
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Use of cannabinoids (marijuana) could assist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder patients. This is exposed in a new study carried out at the Learning and Memory Lab in the University of Haifa's Department of Psychology. ...
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Over at spiked, Reason contributor Brendan O'Neill decries the "revolt of the experts" prompted by last week's dismissal of British "drugs tsar" David Nutt. As I noted yesterday, Home Secretary Alan
NORML War Madness: Grassley’s Gag Rule- "[Senator Jim Webb's] prison commission shall have NO AUTHORITY to make findings related to current criminal justice policies that involve, support, or otherwise DISCUSS the DECRIMINALIZATION of any offense."
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Up to the minute politics and current events, from the editors of Rolling Stone.
Conventional wisdom dictates that if the people lead then our political leaders will follow. Of course, when it comes to marijuana law reform, conventional wisdom seldom applies.In a result that should come as a surprise to nobody — except for perhaps certain members of law enforcement and ...
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NORML #NORML VOTE! Online Poll: Do you support medical marijuana patients-only café in Portland Oregon? http://bit.ly/44EWYq #MMOT #marijuana #420
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While some regulation of any industry may be appropriate at times, medical marijuana is being unfairly villainized by those who disagree with the state's voters
As voters in several states head to the polls today to decide Governor and city council races it seems appropriate to ask: “Why are most politicians still inexplicably silent on marijuana law reform?”The recent legislative hearings on cannabis regulation in Massachusetts and Californi...
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Supreme Court to Hold Special Outreach Session at UC Berkeley Law SchoolLive TV Broadcast of Oral Arguments on Nov. 3 in Cases Involving MedicalMarijuana, DNA Evidence, and Sex Offender LawSan Francisco—For the ninth year in a row, the California SupremeCourt will reach out to hundreds of student...
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